While medical marijuana is not legal in the state, the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission has plans to issue a limited number of licenses for the growing, manufacturing and dispensing of low-THC oil, an extract from the plant.

Several legal CBD oil dispensaries around the state struggled to adapt to the pandemic. Even though some say CBD has medicinal benefits, dispensaries are not considered "essential" during the lockdown.

Attitudes around marijuana in Georgia have shifted drastically in the past several years. Last May, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill into law that allowed farmers to grow hemp. The crop is the source of products ranging from rope to soap to CBD oil.

Amber Knowles owns seven CBD dispensaries in the metro Atlanta area and is frustrated that her stores aren't considered essential.